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-APPARATUS FOR WIPIN G METAL COATED WIRE. No. 370,710. v a PatentedSept. 2'7, 1887;

IINVENIQR 5 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES CHARLES E. MATTESON, OF EASTON,

PATENT OFFICE.

PEN N SYLVAN IA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO WILLIAM M. DOUGLASS, OF SAMEPLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,710, datedSeptember 27, 1887.

Application filed September 4, 1886 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. MArTEsoN, of Easton, in the county ofNorthampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedApparatus for Wiping Metal- Coated Wire, of which the following isafull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved apparatus for Wiping wire after itleaves the bath, to remove the surplus metal and give it a smoothsurface; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofparts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, in which the figure is a sectional elevation of oneform of apparatus for carrying my invention into effect, showing, also,the bath of metal through which the wire passes.

A represents a cylinder or casing through which the wire B passes fromthe bath 0 to the drum D, the wire being guided to the cylinder orcasing by the curved guide-block E. The cylinder or casing A andguide-block E are held in the proper relative position to each other bya suitable frame or table, E, to which they are attached. Above thecylinder A is held a circular service-pipe, F, provided with numerousjet-pipes or small openings, to a, each arranged to direct a jet ofsteam, air, gas, or other substance against the wire B. The pipe F isconnected to the main pipe G by a branch pipe, I), and the pipe G isconnected to a steam-boiler, air-blower, or compressor; or, if water isused, to a pump or water-forcing head or supply.

In action the wire B is drawn continuously through the bath 0 andcylinder or casing A Serial No. 212,714. (No model.)

by the drum or pulley D, and at the sametime 4o jets of air, steam, gas,or water are forced against the wire, the same issuing from the shorttubes at. These jets entirely surround the wire and impinge upon itswhole surface and effectually wipe the wire and give it 5 a bright andsmooth finish.

I am aware that plates after leaving the bath have been passed through apipe having an incased opening, the inner walls of which are perforatedfordhe passage of air, so that both sides of the said plate will besubjected to the jets of air, and I am also aware that wires have beenpassed through tubes through which water is kept flowing, and Itherefore do not claim such inventions.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for wiping metal-coated wire, the combination, withthe casing A,

th rough which the wire passes, of the circular pipe F,.held a shortdistance above the top of the casing and provided with the inwardly anddownwardly projecting pipes a, substan tially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. In an apparatus for wiping metal-coated wires, the combination, withthe frame E, the casing A, through which the wire passes, and the curvedguide-block E, of the circular pipe F, above the casing and providedwith the inwardly and downwardly projecting pipes 01, and the mainsupply-pipe G, to which the pipe F is connected, substantially as hereinshown and described.

' CHARLES E. MATTESON.

Witnesses:

HARLOW A. BOTTUM, WILLIAM MILLER.

